Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk
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Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk
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Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, was a South African painter, noted for his majestic landscapes of the Langeberg Range in the Western Cape Province. Born of Dutch parents on the farm Melkhoutskraal, Volschenk started painting when still a child and was largely self-taught. James Reitz, the Government Land Surveyor, saw some of his drawings and suggested that his brother Gysbert, a Riversdale lawyer, take an interest. He eventually joined the firm of Reitz & Versfeld as a bookkeeper. At 51 years of a
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South African artist (1853 - 1936)
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